This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1919 edition. Excerpt: ... "The purport of the message was clear, but the signature puzzled me. "The following day I showed this writing to a friend, asking her if she had any idea who 'X' was. "'Why, ' she replied, 'don't you know that that is what we always call Mr. V "I did not know. "Now, Mr. was six thousand miles from Paris, and, as we supposed, in the land of the living. But a day or two later a letter came to me from America, stating that Mr. had died in the western part of the United States, a few days before I received in Paris the automatic message signed 'X.' "So far as I know, I was the first person in Europe to be informed of his death, and I immediately called on my friend to tell her that 'X' had passed out. She did not seem surprised, and told me that she had felt certain of it some days before, when I had shown her the 'X' letter, though she had not said so at the time. "Naturally I was impressed by this extraordinary incident. . . . "But to the whole subject of communication between the two worlds I felt an unusual degree of indifference. Spiritualism had always left me quite cold, and I had not even read the ordinary standard works on the subject. . . . "Several letters signed 'X' were automatically written during the next few weeks; but, instead of becoming enthusiastic, I developed a strong disinclination for this manner of writing, and was only persuaded to continue it through the arguments of my friend that if 'X' really wished to communicate with the world, I was highly privileged in being able tto help him. . . . "Gradually, as I conquered my strong prejudice against automatic writing, I became interested in the things which 'X' told me about the life beyond the grave. . . . "When it was first suggested that these letters should be...

Excerpt from Last Letters From the Living Dead Man Perhaps, I told myself, surprised and still half-incredulous, there is a di vinity that shapes our ends. For had this book been published when it was writ ten, it would have seemed premature; now the greater part of it is timely as yester day's editorials. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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